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Trump’s Middle East envoy reveals what led to breakdown in Iran talks before Operation Epic Fury
- Steve Witkoff recounts how Iran opened negotiations with an inalienable right to enrich and aimed to leverage that position to gain concessions.
- Witkoff says Iran claimed control of roughly 460 kilograms of enriched uranium at 60% and could enrich further within a week to 10 days.
- According to Witkoff, U.S. officials believed Iran planned to weaponize its enrichment program and would need only about a week to reach weapons-grade potential.
- U.S. negotiators offered to help Iran convert its program to civilian enrichment and even provided fuel at no cost for an extended period.
- Iran reportedly viewed the U.S. offer as an assault on its dignity, interpreting it as subterfuge to mask its advance toward a nuclear weapon.
- Witkoff linked Iran's hard line to strategic aims in the Middle East and warned that a second North Korea-like scenario would be untenable.
- Operation Epic Fury was launched on February 28, 2026, targeting Iranian missile infrastructure, naval assets, and nuclear capabilities.
- The interview presents Witkoff’s behind-the-scenes look at early exchanges that shaped the collapse of U.S.-Iran talks.
- The U.S. reportedly stressed that Iran should not enrich uranium at all, contrasting with Iran’s push to maintain enrichment capabilities.
- The report notes that the exchange of threats and demands preceded the operation, shaping the strategic context for Epic Fury.
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